Efficacy of a school-based primary prevention program for coping with exposure to political violence

Slone, Michelle; Shoshani, Anat

doi:10.1177/0165025408090976

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Efficacy of a school-based primary prevention program for coping with exposure to political violence

Slone, Michelle, Shoshani, Anat·2008·International Journal of Behavioral Development

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A paradigm conceptualizing resilience as factors moderating between political violence exposure and psychological distress administered in a 7-year research project yielded a profile of factors promoting Israeli children's coping in conflict conditions. Three factors — social support mobilization, selfefficacy, and meaning attribution — were incorporated into a school-based primary intervention program. In a repeated measures design, the study assessed pre to post-test modifications in the three resilience factors and psychological distress in a primary and control intervention condition and the interaction of actual political violence exposure on distress reduction. Results validated modification only of the mobilization of support factor, but nonetheless confirmed the primary program's efficacy in moderating psychological distress particularly among children with low actual political violence exposure, who showed greater distress increases in the control condition. Findings reinforce the educational system's role in promoting resilience among children in conflict environments.

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Authors: Slone, M., & Shoshani, A.
Affiliations: Tel Aviv University (IL)
Corresponding author: Shoshani, Anat
ORCID: Slone, Michelle
Shoshani, Anat
Venue: International Journal of Behavioral Development
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2008-07
Volume: 32
Issue: 4
Pages: 348-358
ISSN: 0165-0254 (ISSN-L)
1464-0651
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408090976
OpenAlex: W2128414481
Cited by: 48
References: 66
Citations by year: 2025: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
FWCI: 2.60
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: International Journal of Behavioral Development (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords: resilience, school-based intervention, primary prevention, psychological distress, children in conflict, self-efficacy, meaning attribution, Israeli children, moderators

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